Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23203, Stephen Donley, Continental (Penn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Peru)
Donley, Stephen
S. 23203
CONTENTS

1925- Jan. 30. Hist. to John H. Donley awf.
Revolution
23 20B INVALID.
File No. 23,203
Stephen Donley
Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 n 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4627 New York
Stephen Donley
of Gravesend in the State of New York who was a Priv Artill in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt. commanded by Col Procter in the Pennsylvania line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 41 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to Hon J.T. Bergen Present
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 — $62.49 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 20.83
$83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Inobromwell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

Pension papers of Stephen Donley
John Bailey
Proceeds 10 mo. ar ty
Hon. M c Bryan  H.R.

State of New York County of Kings } ss-
On this twelfth day of November in the Year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Municipal Court in and for the Village of Brooklyn in the County and State above mentioned. Stephen Donahy a resident of Gravesend in the said County of Kings aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That some time during the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine as he believes and about nine months previous to the capture of Major Andre of the British Army he enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States that he served in Colonel Procter's regiment of Artillery of the Pennsylvania line. That the company to which he belonged was commanded by Captain Bolton. and that he was attached to said company and regiment about twelve months. That he joined the said company and regiment about two months after he enlisted therein and actually served therein during the residue of the time he belonged thereto. That about eleven months after he enlisted and about one month before the period for which he had enlisted expired he was honorably discharged from further service. and that his discharge was in writing and signed by Major Houston of the same regiment above mentioned. That he kept his discharge in his possession until after the peace when he lost the same and has not since been able to

find it. That from the great length of time which has elapsed since he belonged to the army and from the unfortunate circumstance of loosing his discharge as above mentioned he is unable to recollect the exact date when he entered the service or when he left the same. That he resided in the County of York in the State of Pennsylvania at the time when he entered the service as aforesaid. That he was engaged in an attack upon a Block House in a place called the English neighbourhood in the State of New Jersey. under the command of General Wayne as this declarant then understood. That when he joined the army that part of said army to which he was attached was encamped at Tappan in the State of New Jersey that they moved soon afterwards to Hackensack. when they encamped about two months as declarant believes and  to what was then called the Big falls which as this declarant understands is just above where Paterson now is situated. That he went with the Pennsylvanian line to Stony Point for the purpose of transporting some field pieces that they then returned. and went into winter quarters at Morristown when declarant remained until he was discharged.
He this declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court November 12 th 1832 Joseph Dean Justice of the Municipal Court.
Stephen Forley

We Court Lake Nicholas P Stillwell and Jacques Stillwell residing in the town of Gravesend in the County of Kings and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Dowley who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration hereunto annexed and that we believe him to be upwards of seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Court Lake Sworn and Subscribed the 17 th day Nicholas P Stillwell of November 1882 in Open Court Jacques Stillwell Joseph Deane Justice
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Court Lake Nicholas P Stillwell and Jacques Stillwell who have subscribed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Gravesend in said Kings County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Sidney C. Herbert, clerk of the Municipal Court in the Village of Brooklyn, County of Kings do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Stephen Daly for a Pardon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Sidney C. Herbert Clerk.

JOHN H. DONLEY 525 JUSTUS AVE. CARNEGIE, PENN.
Jan. 9th, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
The Penna. Archives show a James and a Stephen Donley as Revolutionary Soldiers. Would you mind consulting your records and furnish me with the following information concerning these men.
Date and place of birth, Place of residence at time of joining the Army. Date of entry into Army. No. and name of company and regiment.
Any or all of the information requested above will be highly appreciated by the writer.
Yours Very truly,
J. H. Donley,

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
January 30, 1925.
John H. Donley, 525 Justus Ave., Carnegie, Pa.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23203, it appears that Stephen Donley, while residing in York County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1779 and served eleven months as a private in Captain Coltman's Company, Colonel Proctor's Regiment of Continental Artillery.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while a resident of Gravesend, Kings County, New York, aged seventy-two years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
miss Wilson our use Capt. Coltman - as we found him in Pa. Colonial Vol. III - Page 1029.